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The Value of C-Reactive Protein and Peritoneal Cytokines as Early Predictors of Anastomotic Leak after Colorectal
Dubravka Mužina1, Mario Kopljar2, Zdenko Bilić1
1Department of Surgery, University Hospital Center Sisters of Charity, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.
Objectives:
The aim of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of serum C-reactive protein (CRP) and intraperitoneal CRP, interleukin-6, and tumor necrosis factor-alpha in early diagnostics of anastomotic leakage in the first 4 postoperative days after colorectal surgery.
Methods:
Between January 2023 and June 2023, one hundred patients with colorectal carcinoma were operated on with primary anastomosis. Ten patients had anastomotic leak (10%).
Results:
Based on serum CRP, a patient with a leak will be detected with a 78% probability on postoperative day 3 with values above 169.0 mg/L and on postoperative day 4 with values equal to 159.0 mg/L and above. Intraperitoneal CRP values greater than 56 mg/L on the fourth postoperative day indicate a 78% probability of a diagnosis of leakage. An anastomotic leak will be detected with a 70.0% probability based on an IL-6 value on the first day, at a cut-off value of 42,150. The accuracy of TNF-alpha in predicting anastomotic leak in the first two days is 70% at values higher than 78.00 on the first and 58.50 on the second postoperative day.
Conclusion:
In this study serum CRP proved to be the most accurate in predicting anastomotic dehiscence after colorectal surgery.
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